Is it a change or a phase?

A recent report that about 40% of Americans only know a Clinton or a Bush as their President got many attentions. Whether the report is factually correct or not, it suggests that the present situation politically is not normal, nor accepted by those who know there are other options than a Clinton or a Bush, or Republican or Democrat. An older person might suggest there is a USA national option, as in benefit the present population, and our children. Again, the present situation is not as it always has been. There are other alternatives.

The recent promise by Democratic presidential candidate Clinton to give each new baby a $5,000 federal bond reminded me of the scene from the movie “Gone With the Wind” when carpetbaggers promised 40 acres “and a mule” to anyone who would vote for them. Each new baby born today is automatically saddled with $27,000 in national debt, and now it is politically proposed by candidate Clinton to give each baby the aforementioned federal bond. The disingenuous part is how to pay or fund it, since we already have to borrow massively to fund what is already promised, and people keep loaning us the money. This citizen thinks the idea will make each new baby owe now $32,000, all without giving them a vote.

So the basic question remains. Is the present political situation a change or a phase? Are voters going to continue the status quo, now accelerated by past successes of pandering politicians. Are we going to vote for 40 acres “and an mule”, or perhaps be a little more suspicious and savvy about our personal interest, national interest, and not the politician’s interest. Perhaps the question is proper. Is it a change, or a phase?